Supreme Court to hear woman’s plea to exhume Jayalalithaa’s body

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Published Nov 27, 2017, 1:29 am IST

Explaining her relationship, Ms. Amrutha said her adoptive mother Shylaja, sister of Ms. Jayalalithaa died in 2015.

 

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear on Monday a writ petition from a woman Amrutha alias Manjula, claiming to be the biological daughter of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, seeking DNA test to substantiate her claim.
People of Tamil Nadu and across the country believe that Ms. Jayalalithaa was a spinster and the present petition which also seeks a direction for exhuming the body, buried on the shores of Marina beach in December 2016 to be cremated as per Hindu tradition is bound to create ripples in Tamil Nadu.

The Bangalore based woman along with two other elder cousins L.S. Lalitha and Ranjani Ravindranatha have sought the  Supreme Court intervention as her efforts to meet Ms. Jayalalithaa during her life time was in vain as Ms. Sasikala family prevented such a meeting. She was also not allowed to attend the burial ceremony.

She submitted that she had made representations to the President Ram Nath Kovind, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the CBI, judges of the apex court but she could not get any justice. Hence she is seeking redressal from court.

Explaining her relationship, Ms. Amrutha said her adoptive mother Shylaja, sister of Ms. Jayalalithaa died in 2015. Adoptive father Sarathy died on March 20 this year.